Category: Science

The Vikings were explorers, farmers, merchants and, most famously, warriors who launched raids across large parts of Europe. Stereotypes of Vikings usually conjure up images

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday

The Maya used so much red paint that they accidentally poisoned their lakes and waterways with mercury, a new study finds. The problem was cinnabar

A geological reorganization near Japan may have led to the formation of one of North America’s most recognizable features. The birth of the Gulf of

It’s a common observation that women often prefer warmer temperatures and feel cold more easily than men do, and the same trend appears among females

In February 2011, Madi Allen, a healthy 12-year-old in Central Illinois, who loved playing sports, almost died from the flu. The influenza B virus resulted

Dogs typically love belly rubs and will roll on their backs to get more. With cats, it’s a different story: Most are visibly uncomfortable when

For centuries, Mars has been seen as a potential place for future human settlements. But long-duration space travel comes with serious risks to astronauts’ health

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular star cluster called Messier 30 (M30), also called NGC 7099.

One of a human’s earliest developmental milestones is an understanding of object permanence. It generally takes less than a year for a baby to realize

Imaging and chemical analysis of a 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil points to blood cells. But some aren’t convinced.

Gerrothorax maritimus, which existed about 237 million years ago, is the first ever amphibian known to have lived without access to land or freshwater.

A fledgling owl that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Germany offers tantalizing new clues about when most of these birds became

Symptoms of long COVID ease in half of patients within three years of the infection that kicked off their illness. That’s the primary conclusion of